The American Physical Society ceased to be a scientific body and became a mere pressure-group when, in 2007, it adopted “National Policy 07.1” on climate change, reproduced in full below. The “policy” cites not a single scientific authority: it is a purely political manifesto whose tendentious conclusions are materially at odds with scientific theory and with observed reality.

“Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are changing the atmosphere in ways that affect the Earth's climate. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide as well as methane, nitrous oxide and other gases. They are emitted from fossil fuel combustion and a range of industrial and agricultural processes.

“The evidence is incontrovertible: Global warming is occurring. If no mitigating actions are taken, significant disruptions in the Earth’s physical and ecological systems, social systems, security and human health are likely to occur. We must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases beginning now.

On a planet 4C hotter, all we can prepare for is extinction
by Oliver Tickell (As you will see below, Oliver is trying to sell his NEW BOOK)

There's no 'adaptation' to such steep warming. We must stop pandering to special interests, and try a new, post-Kyoto strategy

We need to get prepared for four degrees of global warming, Bob Watson told the Guardian last week. At first sight this looks like wise counsel from the climate science adviser to Defra. But the idea that we could adapt to a 4C rise is absurd and dangerous. Global warming on this scale would be a catastrophe that would mean, in the immortal words that Chief Seattle probably never spoke, "the end of living and the beginning of survival" for humankind. Or perhaps the beginning of our extinction.

The global warming debate isn't likely to cool off anytime soon, with experts disagreeing about its causes, and even its existence.

What you hear about global warming can vary as much as, well, the weather.

One day, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is quoted saying: "We simply must do everything we can in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late. The science is clear. The global warming debate is over."

Another day, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum says this: "Americans are coming to understand that global temperatures have actually cooled over the last 10 years and are predicted to continue cooling over the next 10."

High energy prices are double-teaming with environmental concerns to prompt broad conservation efforts, with seven in 10 Americans saying they're trying to reduce their "carbon footprint," chiefly by driving less, using less electricity and recycling.

More controversial are policy responses to the nation's energy problems: Majorities in this ABC News/Planet Green/Stanford University poll support oil drilling in protected coastal and wilderness areas.

Martin Durkin tells 'The Independent on Sunday' why he stands by his film in the face of continued criticism.

'To greens, I was worse than a child abuser'

The fuss over Swindle is a bit like Fatal Attraction: every time I think it's over, up pops Glenn Close, looking rather like George Monbiot of The Guardian in a wig, and takes another swipe at me with a kitchen knife.

The latest dramatic episode is Ofcom's adjudication on the many complaints about the film.

Swindle went out more than a year ago and ordinary viewers loved it: the duty log was swamped with calls, 6:1 in support. Evidently many of them thought this global warming stuff was baloney, and were rather relieved that someone had stood up and said as much.

The present earth warming up is often explained by the atmosphere gas greenhouse effect. This explanation is in contradiction with the thermodynamics second law. The warming up by greenhouse effect is quite improbable. It is cloud reflection that gives to the earth s ground its 15 degres C mean temperature.

Since the reflection of the radiation by gases is negligible, the role of the atmosphere greenhouse gases in the earth warming up by earth radiation reflection loses its importance. We think that natural climatic oscillations contribute more to earth climatic disturbances. The oscillation that we hypothesize to exist has a long period (800 to 1000 years). The glacier melting and regeneration cycles lead to variations in the cold region ocean water density and thermal conductibility according to their salinity.

ECOSYSTEMS: Have Desert Researchers Discovered a Hidden Loop in the Carbon Cycle?
by Richard Stone

URUMQI, CHINA--When Li Yan began measuring carbon dioxide (CO2) in western China's Gubantonggut Desert in 2005, he thought his equipment had malfunctioned. Li, plant ecophysiologist with the Chinese Academy of Sciences'Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography in Urumqi, discovered that his plot was soaking up CO2 at night. His team ruled out the sparse vegetation as the CO2 sink. Li came to a surprising conclusion: The alkaline soil of Gubantonggut is socking away large quantities of CO2 in an inorganic form.

I did a U-turn in my understanding of AGW. On the way, I collected loads of info - for myself and to pass on. Have a look at the page that tells both my story and the real science and evidence for "the truth beyond Al Gore":

Re: Campaign to sue Al Gore gains support
An article in the London Daily Telegraph recently stated the founder of the Weather Channel, John Coleman, proposed to take Al Gore and other environmentalists to court at a conference in New York. Since then, he has received thousands of e-mails supporting him and thousands of offers of financial support for a legal fund.

I have said in previous letters the mainstream media ignores those who are skeptical of man-made global warming and promotes the socialist environmental groups who use this fictional catastrophe to scare the masses, so they can impose more rules and higher taxes on us.

Re: "Study draws firm link between Arctic thaw, emissions," Aug. 2.
Myopic people such as Ola Johannessen still succumb to the mistaken belief carbon dioxide is the beginning and end-all to climate change. Obviously, he is unable to recognize the sun as the single omnipotent force fully capable of supplying or denying, at will, heat energy to Earth and neighbouring planets. Our manic-depressive sun has demonstrated its equal capacities of producing the classic Medieval Warming Period (1000-1300) as well as the extremely frigid Maunder Minimum (1645-1715). Where, during those periods, was the anthropogenically induced carbon dioxide Al Gore, David Suzuki and the IPCC speak of? Johannessen should spend more time as a serious climate researcher and less time as the coquettish sorcerer.

» How much "Man Made" CO2 Is In The Earth's Atmosphere?
I think ALL of the CO2 in the Earth's Atmosphere is from man.
I'm not sure how much "Man Made" CO2 is in the Earth's Atmosphere.
There is .04% CO2 in the Earth's Atmosphere and of that "Man" has added an extra 4% (1 part in 62,500)